A tourist information leaflet

Write a section of a tourist information leaflet for a building or monument in your city or a city you know.
Write 100 -120 words.

Think and Plan:

Where is it located?
When was it built?
What style is it?
What was there before?
Is there anything interesting to see inside/outside the building?
What is the history of the building?

Prepositions and adverbs of place

Prepositions and adverbs of place tell us where something happens.

Adverbs such as around, down, on, and inside usually come after a verb.

We walked around the building.

We walked down to the valley.

Prepositions are usually followed by a noun.

There was a big mural around the wall. There was an old clock inside the tower.

KEY PHRASES

Describing a building or monument

… is one of … buildings/monuments
Look right/left/up/down.
The … was built/installed in …
It is located in …
… is well worth a visit.

Checklist

When you finish your tourist information leaflet, check if you have…

passive forms;
key phrases;
checked your spelling and grammar.
- adverbs and prepositions of place.

Yesterday protesters managed to hold up work on the Oldbury bypass. Protest leader Alison Compton defended the action by members of the Green World group. 'If we don't protest, soon (►) there'll be (there / be) no countryside left,' she told reporters. The bypass is now well behind schedule, and if the protesters had not held up the work so often, it would have opened two months ago. 'If these fields disappear, we'll never see them again,' said Ms Compton. 'Why can't we use public transport? If more people travelled on buses and trains, we wouldn't need new roads. If the motor car had never existed, the world would have been a more pleasant place today.' But many people in Oldbury want their new bypass. 'If they do not build it soon, the traffic jams in the town will get worse,' said Asif Mohammed, whose house is beside the busy A34. 'We just can't leave things as they are. If things remained the same, people's health will suffer even more from all the pollution here. It's terrible. If we don't get the traffic out of the town, I will go mad. If I had known earlier how bad this problem would get, I would have moved out years ago. But now it has become impossible to sell this house because of the traffic. The government waited too long. If they had done something sooner, there would be less traffic today' And the protest is making the new road even more expensive. 'If this goes on, there won't be enough money left to finish the road,' says the Transport

1 A: It's a pity the lake wasn't frozen yesterday.
B: Yes, it is. If it b) was frozen, we could have gone skating.

2 A: Haven't you got enough money for a holiday?
B: Oh yes. I've got some saved up b) in case I suddenly need it.

3 A: What are you going to do next year?
B: I wish I a) knew the answer to that question.

4 A: These figures are too complicated to work out in your head.
B: Yes, if b) only we had a calculator.

5 A: What are you doing later this afternoon?
B: Oh, b) in case the game finishes, I'll go home, I expect.

6 A: Do you think I should take the job?
B: You shouldn't do anything c) unless you think it's the right thing to do.